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David Stanley Ford

Oklahoma City Zoo wants to keep residents busy

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Published: December 30, 2008


A jaguar gets to eat a treat of roast meat at the Oklahoma City Zoo. The special treat is outside the jaguar’s normal diet. PHOTO BY CHRIS LANSBERGER, THE OKLAHOMAN

Oklahoma City Zoo officials are looking for donations to create interactive toys for the animals, according to the zoo Web site.

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Zookeepers create toys and treats that encourage animals to do activities as they would in the wild, such as forage or explore. Enrichment activities can range from a ball game to an interesting snack.

Edible items are needed such as honey, mustard, sugar-free jellies and jams, sugar-free Kool-Aid, flour, Cheerios, raw nuts in the shell, raisins, baby food, food coloring and liquid natural extracts. Cake and gelatin molds and mixing bowls are needed as well.

Keepers also could use plain untreated items, such as cotton and sisal rope, 2-inch-by-4-inch lumber, raffia, leather strips and ice cream sticks. They can make toys with perfumes, colognes, paper bags, bubbles, blankets and sheets. Some animals can paint with tempera paints, canvases and brushes. Like many domesticated pets, zoo animals enjoy basketballs, Kong toys and Frisbees.

All donations can be made in the guest relations office at the main entrance. For more information, call 424-3344.

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My goodness, don't we pay enough to get in?!
Melissa, Norman - Dec 30, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Why don't we develope a program to where we put convicts in the habitats and let the animals chase them. If the convict survises for a certain amount of time, say 3 days with a lion, then they go free. If they die, the next convict gets their turn. We will solve two problems that way. Prison over-crowding will be reduced and the animals will be getting their exercise.
Louis Friend, Norman - Dec 30, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Animals have an incredible sense of smell and making toys with different scents will help keep them occupied and allow them to explore, especially exotic animals such as those at a zoo.
Belinda, Oklahoma City - Dec 30, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Animals have an incredible sense of smell and making toys with different scents will help keep them occupied and allow them to explore, especially exotic animals such as those at a zoo.
Belinda, Oklahoma City - Dec 30, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Animals have an incredible sense of smell and making toys with different scents will help keep them occupied and allow them to explore, especially exotic animals such as those at a zoo.
Belinda, Oklahoma City - Dec 30, 2008 at 12:58 pm
What in the world are they going to do with perfume and cologne? It oesn't seem like that would be a very good toy.
Raven, Edmond's Ghetto (Guthrie) - Dec 30, 2008 at 12:39 pm

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